That video, wow ... just wow! They copied Apple's video style in every minute detail. Right down to the editing style, music and English accented designer. Quite astonishing!
I love how Android OEMs brag about the use of "metal" in their products, as if the mere switch from cheap plastic to cheap metal is anything to be proud of.
Contrast with Apple's presentation of "precision unibody enclosures milled from an extruded block of aluminum, allowing them to get even thinner while retaining rigid durability and a stronger, cleaner, and more polished design."
Synching using a cable? Who still does that? I wouldn't be that surprised if the only option for synching an iWatch is wirelessly.
I still sync my Retina iPad mini and iPhone 5 with the Lightning cable. Why? Because Wi-Fi sync only works 50% of the time. Half of the time, it will work just fine. The other half of the time, it will start syncing within iTunes saying "Trying to find device" or something along those lines, then all of a sudden, the device I'm trying to sync with disappears from the devices list in iTunes and the sync fails. I've had this problem ever since Wi-Fi sync was was implemented and am still having the problem with Mavericks (latest beta, clean install).
My laptop normally sits at my desk in my study, and my iPad usually sits on my desk in the bedroom, plugged into the wall when I'm not using it. Even after switching out my TP-Link 802.11n router and moving to a current generation Airport Extreme, I still have the problem.
I've just resigned my to understand that Wi-Fi sync is broken and to not rely on it.
I actually really like the design of the LG watch. It looks like a traditional watch. When it comes to wearables, I prefer the traditional watch style compared to the crap Samsung is making. I can't wait to see what Apple has in store for us. I'm really curious to see if Apple is going to release a watch or some sort of band with a display.
But if it's only a virtual watch face with virtual hands, isn't that just the much-maligned skeuomorphism that people gave Apple so much grief for? Just wondering.
2) Note the IP67 rating. That means it has been certified to work without issue for at least 30 minutes under 1 meter of water.
Sorry, but that's not very impressive when a $13 Casio is water resistant to 165 feet. A Casio model that's water resistant to 1 meter sells for $8.85 on Amazon.
It is vapourware because what they teased us with back in March is not the product they shipped. Back in March the display was a full circle — no flat tyre design — hence my comment about it actually materializing in some way that can be demoed.
I still think they did a decent job with the 360 despite having to fit the sensors into the bottom part of the display. The LG watch looks like a sports watch and the 360 looks like a smart dress watch. The LG is being advertised to launch at IFA, which starts September 5th so I'm sure they'll have a comparison between them.
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Intel's been working on a small cellular chip, which would help watches have fast always-on connections so that maps and notifications are always available without the need for a phone:
If once-per-year dealing with a charge is too much for you, perhaps you should go full-caveman and move into the woods somewhere where there are no electronics to stress you.
Inductive charging? Bleagh. Anything that requires direct placement on a clunky charging pad is not wireless and will appear idiotic in the very near future. Just think of what your desk or night table might look like if you had several devices, each with their own charging pad.
True wireless power will come in the form of NFMR. The charging device will be built into a PC or plugged into a wall and out of site, and will be able to charge multiple devices (keyboard, mouse, trackpad, cell phone, tablet, wearable) within at least a few feet. Some of the devices will be able to act as repeaters to extend the range even further. Now this is something Steve Jobs could say works "like magic."
The charging pad may not need to be all that clunky. Back in the day when I wore a watch I never took it off but a lot of people do / did remove their's at night and so to place it on a charging pad on the night table would not be a big deal. For the people for whom an important function of an iWatch is to measure sleep patterns a night table charging pad would not be ideal, however.
The charging pad may not need to be all that clunky. Back in the day when I wore a watch I never took it off but a lot of people do / did remove their's at night and so to place it on a charging pad on the night table would not be a big deal. For the people for whom an important function of an iWatch is to measure sleep patterns a night table charging pad would not be ideal, however.
Is NFMR an existing technology?
I don't think of wireless charging in terms of a single device. I think about its potential to eliminate charging cables and docks for various devices, where having multiple charging pads or one gigantic one is just silly. Even when discussing a single device like a phone I don't see a tangible benefit in a charging pad that takes up more space than the phone itself and which essentially requires contact between them. It's technology for its own sake without solving any real problems.
NFMR is not sci-fi; the physics behind the technology are proven. I'm not aware of any commercially available products yet but Apple has several patents on it. I think a wearable product begs for this type of solution and its introduction would be the perfect time to add it across Apple's entire product line.
Just imagine the shockwave from Apple's transition of Macs, MacBooks, keyboards, mice, trackpads, iPhones, iPads, and iPods to real (invisible) wireless charging. The entire mobile and PC industry would seem instantly outdated. Meanwhile, it would take competitors months to implement similar solutions within their own product lines, and those solutions would not work across brands due to lack of a standard. Meanwhile, drafting and ratifying a wireless charging standard would take years.
I think that the hardest thing that Apple is going to have is that as a fashion item, it's not great if the watch is ubiquitous. This is where I think that Android will actually do well, if they can convince experienced watch makers end up using Android Wear to release their own smart watches.
In any case, it'll be interesting to see what (if anything) Apple does. Still kind of think this wearables thing is a fad.
Agree. Can't imagine people around you are wearing the same watch style, like company issued uniform. iphone is different because there are so many different cases on the market. Apple should have 10-15 different styles to choose from. I guess by 9/9 we'll find out.
What? TWO DAYS? Hell, I can barely keep my iPhone charged, no way no how am I going to be charging other devices too. My kindle goes for weeks without a charge, and it still annoys me. My conventional watch lasts a year on a battery, and even THAT is annoying. This 2-day charge thing is going to be a GearS-KILLER. Apple need not do anything.
OK, so when will the first Samsung wall-hugger ad hit? I can see people with their arms up by the Samsung USB chargers in the airport. ;-)
I think it would be HILARIOUS if Apple never releases a "smart watch" and has been hiring people to make it look like they will in order to focus on making the iPhone 6 the most awesome smart phone the world has ever seen while the competitors focus their efforts on releasing crap watch after crap watch and not on innovating their smart phones. Probably not true, but funny to think about.
Alternatively, Apple's 'smart watch' could be a series of wearable sensors that all complement and communicate with the iPhone. Maybe Apple has always believed that a wrist-worn smart phone would be too fad-like and will instead release sensors that are easy to attach to clothes (or wrists/ankles) that monitor our bodies for health and fitness, all working through HealthKit. Hmm. Even using kinetic energy charging as we walk or move our arms to recharge, so basically never need to manually charge them. Nice thin devices that quickly and easily wrap around our ankles and wrists with health and motion sensors galore.
But, in the end, I still would like something on my wrist that I can glance at in meetings or during exercise to see calls, messages, time, weather, etc. without constantly digging my iPhone from my pocket...
Yes, I think the whole "watch" focus is misleading and would anticipate Apple to show a re-imagining of the product space, maybe from a "body-centered network" perspective, of which traditional wristwatches and even more recent smartwatches are just a few points in the continuum.
I've worn a watch for decades and don't like having to pull out my phone just to see the time, but I'm not yet sold on the need for anything beyond the timepiece and digital timer I have in my Timex. I look forward to that fun sensation of learning that Apple has invented a solution to fill a gap I'm not even aware of. I don't think all this will prove to be a massive head-fake, that would be fun too.
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That video, wow ... just wow! They copied Apple's video style in every minute detail. Right down to the editing style, music and English accented designer. Quite astonishing!
I love how Android OEMs brag about the use of "metal" in their products, as if the mere switch from cheap plastic to cheap metal is anything to be proud of.
Contrast with Apple's presentation of "precision unibody enclosures milled from an extruded block of aluminum, allowing them to get even thinner while retaining rigid durability and a stronger, cleaner, and more polished design."
Synching using a cable? Who still does that? I wouldn't be that surprised if the only option for synching an iWatch is wirelessly.
I still sync my Retina iPad mini and iPhone 5 with the Lightning cable. Why? Because Wi-Fi sync only works 50% of the time. Half of the time, it will work just fine. The other half of the time, it will start syncing within iTunes saying "Trying to find device" or something along those lines, then all of a sudden, the device I'm trying to sync with disappears from the devices list in iTunes and the sync fails. I've had this problem ever since Wi-Fi sync was was implemented and am still having the problem with Mavericks (latest beta, clean install).
My laptop normally sits at my desk in my study, and my iPad usually sits on my desk in the bedroom, plugged into the wall when I'm not using it. Even after switching out my TP-Link 802.11n router and moving to a current generation Airport Extreme, I still have the problem.
I've just resigned my to understand that Wi-Fi sync is broken and to not rely on it.
And it appears that I'm not the only one:
http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/20gs7y/why_is_itunes_wifi_sync_a_piece_of_shit/
I actually really like the design of the LG watch. It looks like a traditional watch. When it comes to wearables, I prefer the traditional watch style compared to the crap Samsung is making. I can't wait to see what Apple has in store for us. I'm really curious to see if Apple is going to release a watch or some sort of band with a display.
But if it's only a virtual watch face with virtual hands, isn't that just the much-maligned skeuomorphism that people gave Apple so much grief for? Just wondering.
2) Note the IP67 rating. That means it has been certified to work without issue for at least 30 minutes under 1 meter of water.
Sorry, but that's not very impressive when a $13 Casio is water resistant to 165 feet. A Casio model that's water resistant to 1 meter sells for $8.85 on Amazon.
Moto has had engineers working on a "smartwatch" for quite a long time.
No matter how long they'e been working on it, they won't have anything remotely desirable until Apple launches something for them to copy.
I still think they did a decent job with the 360 despite having to fit the sensors into the bottom part of the display. The LG watch looks like a sports watch and the 360 looks like a smart dress watch. The LG is being advertised to launch at IFA, which starts September 5th so I'm sure they'll have a comparison between them.
[VIDEO]
[VIDEO]
Intel's been working on a small cellular chip, which would help watches have fast always-on connections so that maps and notifications are always available without the need for a phone:
http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/26/intel-reveals-worlds-smallest-wireless-modem-for-the-internet-of-things/
At least it looks watch-like! Motorola failed in that attempt.
How did Motorola fail? Because it doesn't have either a real or fake spinning watch dial? Im pretty sure you can find a regular watch without that.
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I would expect if Apple releases a smart watch they will explain to us all how it works...
Originally Posted by RelicThe big hand is for hours and the little hand is for minutes, there, saved you the wait.
Gosh, Relic, is that right? Where's the user guide? I can't find the manual....
Or did you mean the "big hand" which is the shorter one, and the "little hand" which is the longer one?
Kind of a bass-ackwards way of defining big & little!
Just having a little fun. This site is filled with it. Just look at what ***** posts, never mind ************* (count them, it's the right number)
If once-per-year dealing with a charge is too much for you, perhaps you should go full-caveman and move into the woods somewhere where there are no electronics to stress you.
Inductive charging? Bleagh. Anything that requires direct placement on a clunky charging pad is not wireless and will appear idiotic in the very near future. Just think of what your desk or night table might look like if you had several devices, each with their own charging pad.
True wireless power will come in the form of NFMR. The charging device will be built into a PC or plugged into a wall and out of site, and will be able to charge multiple devices (keyboard, mouse, trackpad, cell phone, tablet, wearable) within at least a few feet. Some of the devices will be able to act as repeaters to extend the range even further. Now this is something Steve Jobs could say works "like magic."
The charging pad may not need to be all that clunky. Back in the day when I wore a watch I never took it off but a lot of people do / did remove their's at night and so to place it on a charging pad on the night table would not be a big deal. For the people for whom an important function of an iWatch is to measure sleep patterns a night table charging pad would not be ideal, however.
Is NFMR an existing technology?
It's a bigger pisser that anyone believes that.
The charging pad may not need to be all that clunky. Back in the day when I wore a watch I never took it off but a lot of people do / did remove their's at night and so to place it on a charging pad on the night table would not be a big deal. For the people for whom an important function of an iWatch is to measure sleep patterns a night table charging pad would not be ideal, however.
Is NFMR an existing technology?
I don't think of wireless charging in terms of a single device. I think about its potential to eliminate charging cables and docks for various devices, where having multiple charging pads or one gigantic one is just silly. Even when discussing a single device like a phone I don't see a tangible benefit in a charging pad that takes up more space than the phone itself and which essentially requires contact between them. It's technology for its own sake without solving any real problems.
NFMR is not sci-fi; the physics behind the technology are proven. I'm not aware of any commercially available products yet but Apple has several patents on it. I think a wearable product begs for this type of solution and its introduction would be the perfect time to add it across Apple's entire product line.
Just imagine the shockwave from Apple's transition of Macs, MacBooks, keyboards, mice, trackpads, iPhones, iPads, and iPods to real (invisible) wireless charging. The entire mobile and PC industry would seem instantly outdated. Meanwhile, it would take competitors months to implement similar solutions within their own product lines, and those solutions would not work across brands due to lack of a standard. Meanwhile, drafting and ratifying a wireless charging standard would take years.
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2014/08/apple-granted-a-major-magnetic-resonance-power-system-patent.html
I think that the hardest thing that Apple is going to have is that as a fashion item, it's not great if the watch is ubiquitous. This is where I think that Android will actually do well, if they can convince experienced watch makers end up using Android Wear to release their own smart watches.
In any case, it'll be interesting to see what (if anything) Apple does. Still kind of think this wearables thing is a fad.
Agree. Can't imagine people around you are wearing the same watch style, like company issued uniform. iphone is different because there are so many different cases on the market. Apple should have 10-15 different styles to choose from. I guess by 9/9 we'll find out.
Right on cue. Kind of expect these now - all part of the customary preliminaries for the Apple events.
What? TWO DAYS? Hell, I can barely keep my iPhone charged, no way no how am I going to be charging other devices too. My kindle goes for weeks without a charge, and it still annoys me. My conventional watch lasts a year on a battery, and even THAT is annoying. This 2-day charge thing is going to be a GearS-KILLER. Apple need not do anything.
OK, so when will the first Samsung wall-hugger ad hit? I can see people with their arms up by the Samsung USB chargers in the airport. ;-)
This.
I think it would be HILARIOUS if Apple never releases a "smart watch" and has been hiring people to make it look like they will in order to focus on making the iPhone 6 the most awesome smart phone the world has ever seen while the competitors focus their efforts on releasing crap watch after crap watch and not on innovating their smart phones. Probably not true, but funny to think about.
Alternatively, Apple's 'smart watch' could be a series of wearable sensors that all complement and communicate with the iPhone. Maybe Apple has always believed that a wrist-worn smart phone would be too fad-like and will instead release sensors that are easy to attach to clothes (or wrists/ankles) that monitor our bodies for health and fitness, all working through HealthKit. Hmm. Even using kinetic energy charging as we walk or move our arms to recharge, so basically never need to manually charge them. Nice thin devices that quickly and easily wrap around our ankles and wrists with health and motion sensors galore.
But, in the end, I still would like something on my wrist that I can glance at in meetings or during exercise to see calls, messages, time, weather, etc. without constantly digging my iPhone from my pocket...
Yes, I think the whole "watch" focus is misleading and would anticipate Apple to show a re-imagining of the product space, maybe from a "body-centered network" perspective, of which traditional wristwatches and even more recent smartwatches are just a few points in the continuum.
I've worn a watch for decades and don't like having to pull out my phone just to see the time, but I'm not yet sold on the need for anything beyond the timepiece and digital timer I have in my Timex. I look forward to that fun sensation of learning that Apple has invented a solution to fill a gap I'm not even aware of. I don't think all this will prove to be a massive head-fake, that would be fun too.